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  Chancery and Supreme Court: Chancery Division: Directions

  These Direction Books provide an audit of the stages for settlements and directions by the Administrators of the estate or investment directions by Masters in Chancery pertaining to particular estates. Typically, they are arranged chronologically by …

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1841-1844

  Reference

  J 338

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  Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Court for Probate of Wills and Granting Administrations:...

  Depositions of witnesses in causes heard by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury or, during the Commonwealth period, the Court for Probate of Wills and Granting Administrations.The depositions were taken by officials at the Court's registry and were t…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1657-1809

  Reference

  PROB 24

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  Foreign Office: Consulates, Siam: Letter Books

  This series contains letter books from the British consulates in Siam. The records cover the period 1876-1879, during the reign of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V).These letter books were produced by the staff of the permanent consulate in Bangkok. They c…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1876-1879

  Reference

  FO 690

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  Foreign Office: Political Departments: General Correspondence from 1906-1966

  This series contains correspondence, etc., of the Foreign Office's Political Departments (including the War Department, 1914 to 1920, the Political Intelligence Department, 1918 to 1920, and the Political Intelligence Department, 1939-1946), and of c…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1903-1966

  Reference

  FO 371

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  Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Bundles of Proxies

  Documents appointing proctors to act on behalf of persons with an interest in business in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. The vast majority of them relate either to renunciations of their rights by executors and next of kin of intestates, or to …

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1674-1718

  Reference

  PROB 19

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  Board of Inland Revenue and predecessors: Estate Duty Office and predecessors: Registers...

  These registers of the Estate Duty Office were previously known for convenience as death duty registers, but relate to the payment of three different taxes: legacy duty, succession duty and estate duty. The information in the registers was supplement…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1796-1903

  Reference

  IR 26

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  Local Government Board and predecessors: Correspondence with Poor Law Unions and...

  This series consists of correspondence of the Poor Law Commission, the Poor Law Board and the Local Government Board with Poor Law Unions and other Local Authorities. It covers the years 1834 to 1900. Poor law unions were collections or groups of par…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1834-1900

  Reference

  MH 12

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  Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Files of Exhibits pre 1722

  This series consists largely of files of exhibits maintained by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury between 1666 and 1717, and before the establishment of the court's main series of exhibits in 1722. However there are also some other files containing…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1658-1723

  Reference

  PROB 32

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  Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury

  Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related jurisdictions, including wills and other probate matters.

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1383-c1900

  Reference

  PROB

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  Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Answers

  Prerogative Court of Canterbury answers entered as the response made by the opposing party to the allegation of the plaintiff.

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1664-1854

  Reference

  PROB 25

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  Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Acts of Court

  Original Prerogative Court of Canterbury records relating to various decisions and judgements. The records are acts in litigation, renunciations of executorship, appointments of guardians for minors, acts to lead decrees and limited grants of probate…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1740-1858

  Reference

  PROB 30

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  Foreign Office: Shanghai Courts, China: Judges' and Magistrates' Notebooks

  This series contains the notebooks of judges and magistrates sitting in supreme, police, provincial and summary courts at Shanghai. Types of cases recorded in the notebooks include civil, criminal, divorce and intestate cases, inquests, bankruptcy an…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1865-1941

  Reference

  FO 1092

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  Registrar of the High Court of Delegates and of the High Court of Admiralty: Cause...

  Mainly cause papers not filed in other High Court of Delegates series, but also a substantial number of records of the High Court of Admiralty, mainly from the mid seventeenth century, which may have been exhibited before the court. Miscellaneous mat…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  c1582-1834

  Reference

  DEL 2

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  HM Customs and Excise: Purchase of Land to Build Customs House, London

  This series contains records relating to the purchase of land to build Customs House, London. The records include mortgage and leasehold agreements, Land Tax receipts, copies of Last Will and Testaments, burial certificates, legal rulings on land own…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1612-1953

  Reference

  CUST 210

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  Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Correspondence and Papers of Officials

  Miscellaneous correspondence and papers of officers of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, mainly registrars, record keepers, clerks and proctors, together with some commissions of appointment and accounts. Many of the papers relate to the unofficia…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1659-1857

  Reference

  PROB 39

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  Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Exhibits: Volumes

  Exhibits in volume form brought into the registry of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury as evidence in causes. They mainly consist of account books, affidavits with scripts, bibles, and other miscellaneous volumes. There are also two plastercasts of…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  c1686-1849

  Reference

  PROB 49

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  Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Files of Commissions and Requisitions for Wills...

  Files of commissions which were issued by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury to authorise local officials to administer the oaths of executors who were unable to visit the Court in London. Period covered 1796 to 1857 Commissions addressed outside th…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1796-1857

  Reference

  PROB 52

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  Will of William Shakespeare 25 March 1616. Proved 22 June 1616.

  Will of WilliamShakespeare25 March 1616. Proved 22 June 1616.

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  22 June 1616

  Reference

  PROB 1/4

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  Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Commission Books

  Commission books of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury used to document the issue of commissions and requisitions to swear executors and administrators.The two earliest books cover the period 1678 to 1701, and sometimes supply the date of death of t…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1678-1857

  Reference

  PROB 17

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  Series

  Probate Search Website

  This series contains dated gathered versions (or 'snapshots') of the Probate Search website. [Please note: These records may be accessed via the UK Government Web Archive].

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  From 2014

  Reference

  GUK 86